Tech heads, is this gaming PC worth $1450?

[Black A. Camus]

I was looking into buying a gaming computer for some time. But I'm not as tech savvy as I used to be. Someone offered to sell this home build for $1450. Here are its specs

It has 16gb ddr3 ram, EVGA Geforce GTX 780 Graphics card, AMD FX-8350 eight core, black edition, 4.33 GHz processor. 1TB Western digital hard drive, 240gb Kingston HyperX SSD, 850 watt power supply, a NZXT Phantom Full tower case, Asus Blu-ray diskdrive, and an Asus Sabertooth 990fx motherboard. Comes with a Wireless card, and Windows 7.

Is this a good deal?

 

[Aww Skeet Skeet!]

Newegg.com

Add up the components. Not sure how comfortable you are with building your own rig, but you'd probably come out cheaper depending on what you're trying to achieve.

 

[SaviorMachine]

Hell no!

You lose 75% of its worth by installing MS on it!

 

[Coldchi]

not bad.......but for best performance, i'd prolly go with an intel processor rather than an AMD.
though AMDs are alot cheaper than intels,....the performance you can get out of an intel core i5 or i7 would be a lot better.

 

[Stick2dascript]

Nope, what resolution you running?

You don't need such a powerful GPU

1tb hard drives are 60 bucks, 240ssd is maybe 150?

 

[KingAddies]

I'd tell him to add another vid card and another terabyte otherwise 1250 Summer is around the corner and craigslist/backpage/ebay will be flooded with college PCs.
Processor is a beast tho'.

 

[Aww Skeet Skeet!]

not bad.......but for best performance, i'd prolly go with an intel processor rather than an AMD.
though AMDs are alot cheaper than intels,....the performance you can get out of an intel core i5 or i7 would be a lot better.

I'd be tempted to roll with amd if it's strictly a gaming rig.

 

[Stick2dascript]

edit, I was wrong.. I think the gpu is overkill unless you talking 2560x1600

 

[flx2000]

check specs here and see what it actually cost to build
http://pcpartpicker.com

 

[Sowada]

I was looking into buying a gaming computer for some time. But I'm not as tech savvy as I used to be. Someone offered to sell this home build for $1450. Here are its specs

It has 16gb ddr3 ram, EVGA Geforce GTX 780 Graphics card, AMD FX-8350 eight core, black edition, 4.33 GHz processor. 1TB Western digital hard drive, 240gb Kingston HyperX SSD, 850 watt power supply, a NZXT Phantom Full tower case, Asus Blu-ray diskdrive, and an Asus Sabertooth 990fx motherboard. Comes with a Wireless card, and Windows 7.

Is this a good deal?

 

[Efkie]

Looking at this thread you should be able to save 500$ at least.

It all depends on what resolution you want to play games.

 

[p5ych3]

check specs here and see what it actually cost to build
http://pcpartpicker.com

what this guy said.

here is a quick break down of the OPs specs. comes in at 1700$

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vuTV

if he's near a microcenter it will be less.

 

[Stick2dascript]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8Sekdb-IE

 

[VWchrisATL]

Why in the world would you need 8 cores on a gaming rig?...

 

[Ruff Ryder]

not bad.......but for best performance, i'd prolly go with an intel processor rather than an AMD.
though AMDs are alot cheaper than intels,....the performance you can get out of an intel core i5 or i7 would be a lot better.

The AMD will perform as good as the Intel stuff.

Its all personal preference.

 

[LegendOfLedo]

Looking at this thread you should be able to save 500$ at least.

It all depends on what resolution you want to play games.

 

[Black A. Camus]

Thanks for all the replies. I was close to dipping into my savings and jumping on it tomorrow too. I see that I need to do a lot more research.

 

[dawilleyone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8Sekdb-IE

Interesting video. Goes against everything I heard about AMD 8350 vs Intel 3570k. Glad I didnt' listen to all the BS before saving some cash on the 8350.


As far as that build is concerned. I'd save a few bucks on ram (8gb instead of 16 gb), DVD (does anyone use Blue ray on a computer), and probably could do without the SSD unless you're one of those people who care about boot up time.

Part that shit out and spend the extra $400 saved on a kick ass dual monitor setup.

 

[gene cisco]

As others said, add the parts up. Also, know what resolution you will be gaming at, what detail you want, and your target fps before you drop down your money. Folks already paranoid about running Watch Dogs at 1080p at ultra. People have to push through piss poor optimization with brute force.

I planned on upgrading months ago and never got to it...looks like Watch Dog at medium for me...

 

[p5ych3]

OP needs this video card if he's serious about gaming.

http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=789660




j/k

 

[Black A. Camus]

OP needs this video card if he's serious about gaming.

http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=789660




j/k

I saw the j/k after I read about it a little bit. $1500 for a graphics card? Fuck, mother fuck, that! With single components costing that much, I see how some people have $10000 rigs. I mean, if I had it like that, which I don't, I would research it more and consider it. But $1500 is as much as I'd spend for an entire rig. Not just one component.

 

[digital530]

Best to make your own gaming machine

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[marca]

The AMD will perform as good as the Intel stuff.

Its all personal preference.

what most have said plus you will get better performance it cpu cooling is switched to radiator cooling

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106220

 

[4 Dimensional]

The AMD will perform as good as the Intel stuff.

Its all personal preference.

I completely disagree, but not for gaming purposes. More for high performance computing.

It's definitely personal preference to an extent.

The real deal is transforming your processing to GPU. That's the innovation now of days.